Diptych
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9/12/2016
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Here's this week's thread for quick questions! Hope you find the answers you need!
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Wiwo
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9/17/2016
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Properly optimized heisting is an excellent way to passively gain MW while grinding for money. Takes some learning and setup before it beats e.g. spirifage, but it can be done.
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Wiwo. Almost certainly not a squid in a cunningly tailored suit. Surely.
 Care for some cider? Here's how to ask me for some. Strange pranks strongly preferred.
Care to pet a Heptagoat? Too bad. It doesn't do anything (probably).
I'm a Correspondent and would be delighted to lecture at your orphanage.
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suinicide
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9/14/2016
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We do know why it went down: the jam lords.
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/profile/sunnytime
A gentleman seeking the liberation of knowledge, with a penchant for violence.
RIP suinicide, stuck in a well. Still has it under control.
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Sara Hysaro
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9/14/2016
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suinicide wrote:
We do know why it went down: the jam lords.
Well, seems like a perfect time to share the story.
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Grenem
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9/14/2016
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sosisqua wrote:
I know that there's a card that appears at Reknown: Criminals 20. One also needs Reknown: Tomb-Colonists 10 to get Mercies as acquaintances. Are there any similar options for Docks and Rubbery Men that are covered with a for of war?
renown 25 for rubberies gives the best non-seasonal, fate-free, persuasive companion. renown 40 gives the best persuasive weapon for those with flute street, but does nothing for those without. renown 10[? something like that,] gives a mediocre item that's only useful to completionists.
Docks unlocks a slow-but-favor-free upconversion method, and a possibly cheaper? source of whirring contraptions, at 40 echoes in prisoner's honey and 10 echoes cash, for either a whirring contraption (common result) or 300 scarabs (alternative "success". worse outcome, but hey- they're nice for making the contraptions the other way, at least!)
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Grinding Favors without cards: http://community.failbettergames.com/topic22266-storylet-favors-grinding.aspx
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Sara Hysaro
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9/15/2016
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It's a matter of repeating fate-locked options, like singing for Mr Wines during the Fate-locked Revel and taking the Fate-locked option on the Decommissioned Steamer's card. You could also reset some stories that have an opportunity to gain Master connections, like the Affair of the Box and Jack-of-Smiles. Everything I'm aware of requires spending Fate for each increase.
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edited by Sara Hysaro on 9/15/2016
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absimiliard
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9/16/2016
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Social actions and then using the second chances to boost your stat are almost always the fastest way to raise your stats. "Best" is such a subjective term.
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"Because, Parabola!" -- the Curious Captain
Eating nightmares from friends -- and I'm easy to befriend.
Absimiliard: the Black Rose of Wolfstack Docks
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absimiliard
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9/16/2016
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*Waves*
Hi there! I'm already a Glassman, so I have no use whatsoever for Notability except to grind and spend it for Favorable Circumstances. As a result .... yeah, you guessed it ... I couldn't give one fig for MW.
I'm quite sure if you don't mind loitering and I don't mind loitering that there simply Must be a third person out there somewhere in the Neath that also doesn't mind loitering .....
*grins*
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absimiliard
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9/16/2016
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PM sent. (to take this off the thread)
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"Because, Parabola!" -- the Curious Captain
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Absimiliard: the Black Rose of Wolfstack Docks
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ForScience
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9/14/2016
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Sara Hysaro wrote:
suinicide wrote:
We do know why it went down: the jam lords.
Well, seems like a perfect time to share the story.
I'm not even that upset about the site going down, because at least I got to read that magnificent piece of literature.
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suinicide
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9/14/2016
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Just wait for the first card to show up and click "This isn't for me."
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Grenem
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9/14/2016
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Myrto wrote:
Sara Hysaro wrote:
suinicide wrote:
We do know why it went down: the jam lords.
Well, seems like a perfect time to share the story.
Oh my god, that is the most brilliant thing I've read in a long time. I didn't see that go down last year, not being a Twitter-er. Wow.
Is fallen london still being run on the servers of the jamlords? should I, as a loyal fan, be hoisting this on twitter in the general direction of zeninternet's marketing? Do we have zeninternet to blame for the lack of internets?
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Wiwo
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9/18/2016
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That's essentially correct. Other fairly meaningful optimizations are allying with the Big Rat so that you can trade TRF for casing instead of using the hoodlums (basically trades 4.8E of items for 3 actions, which should be worth it for most end-game characters) as well as trying to spend multiple cards all at once before attempting to draw A Prize Achieved! which minimizes your chances of needing to spend surplus actions burning through cards once you've already got 5 Burglar's progress.
Then there's the straightforward things like investing in Intricate Kifers and having a set of gear with enough dreaded to frighten off the Burly Night-Watchman.
There's some very small optimization to be made on the basis of which non-guaranteed cards take precedence over which others under unusual circumstances, when you should use A Moment of Safety to cycle cards more safely, when to use apalling secrets to bribe the Talkative Cat and such but it's pretty fine details at that point.
I've been meaning to write up a guide, but that should do you as the Cliff's Notes version until I overcome my sloth.
edited to add: Always wait for 3 cards waiting to be drawn before cashing in. Even though the last one only gets you 2 because of the deck cap of 10 cards, it's still a question of waiting 10 minutes for 2 draws vs. having to wait 20 minutes for the same 2 draws outside of the heist.
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Wiwo. Almost certainly not a squid in a cunningly tailored suit. Surely.
Care for some cider? Here's how to ask me for some. Strange pranks strongly preferred.
Care to pet a Heptagoat? Too bad. It doesn't do anything (probably).
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Sara Hysaro
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We're not sure why it went down, but I'm sure it'll be up by tomorrow at the latest.
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